ArticleArchives of dermatological research2025
A multimodal approach to acne mechanica associated to medical face masks using clinical examination, fluorescent photography, and in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy.
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With yet unclear pathogenesis, acne mechanica associated to medical face masks(MFM) gained increased attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between November 2021-January 2022 we conducted an exploratory, cross-sectional study evaluating the differences between the glabella and cheek-chin junction using clinical examination, fluorescent photography (FP), videodermatoscopy and in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM). Medical doctors from our country and 6th year medical students were invited. Participants self-identified as consistent MFM users during work hours. We analysed 19,432 images from 14 consecutive subjects, 11 females, 3 males, mean age,29.93 years (SD = 4.69). Clinical examination revealed more inflammatory lesions on the cheeks and chin (+ 9.35;95%CI + 2.31to + 16.39;d = 0.76, P =.01). FP considered ultraviolet red fluorescing spots(UVRFs) from the glabella and the cheek-chin junction, with significantly more spots in the former (+ 5.43;95%CI + 2.64to + 8.20; d = 1.12; P =.001). The average area in mm
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